What Does It Mean if There Is White on Beef Jerky

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white mold on your jerky?

• Thread in 'Making Jerky' Thread starter Started by guvna,
• Commencement date Aug 21, 2008

• #1

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yea, i found some of that today. what a pisser. anyway, does anyone know an easy way to prevent this? i judge i could store it in the refrigerator.
cheers,
guvna

• #2

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Why Does Jerky Mold?

There are a couple of possibilities.

Also, not all hasty will mold, it depends on a few things.

The number 1 reason jerky volition mold is that non plenty moisture has been removed from the meat during the drying process.

Jerky should take around 90 to 95% of the moisture in the meat removed during drying.

If it doesn't, the moisture even so in the meat leads to the possibility of mold spores growing. If the hasty is dried almost completely, mold usually won't grow.

If you lot similar your jerky a little moist, you could try to vacuum pack your jerky. Mold volition not grow without air ( or oxygen ).

At that place are some decent dwelling vacuum packers on the market place at present, and these might be of utilise.

Likewise, mold seems to grow or develop quicker in a moist atmosphere. And then, the fridge is non a good place to shop hasty, unless it is vacuum packed. But since jerky is dried meat, information technology is non necessary to store information technology refrigerated anyway.

• #3

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Joined May 27, 2008

fatback gives practiced communication - the only other thing i could add together is the possibility of storing information technology in the freezer if you demand to store it.

what nosotros practice here is simply put it up someplace with a loose embrace or in a jar with holes in the lid on a shelf. - never had whatever mold problems.

jerky needs to breathe and any trapped moisture could potentially get mold, especially if it isn't completely dried out.

• #four

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Great info there Joe! I vacuum pack mine and store it in the fridge and have never had a mold problem. I do notice that any fat/grease content that is on the outside of the meat will congeal later on existence in the fridge and at least with my poor vision it does look a little like white mold, but its not.

• #5

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I made the mistake once of packaging the jerky in baggies while it was still merely a little warm...went back and looked and wet beeds were in there and yup the whole batch molded!!! Now I always brand sure it is completely dried and cooled earlier I package it...

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• #7

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Yes, white stuff on jerky isn't necessarily mold.

• #8

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I dont like my jerky so dry. I store in feezer till ready to eat.

• #9

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Hey is it fuzzy?

If is is stark white dots that are irregular, I would concord with the fat bloom, or salt surfacing.

At our house, we kept information technology in a paper bag instead of plastic. not that it ever was around long enough for anything to happen o information technology.

yum

• #ten

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I take thrown a piece of paper towel in the ziplock bag with my hasty to collect moisture. Seems to work OK.

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thanks all,
aye it was definitely mold. in that location was two dime size spores on ii pieces. i cut out the contagion and i'm keeping the rest. information technology'south still very moist, no dubiety leading to the mold. i think the paper bag idea sounds skillful. i'll try that.
thanks,
guv

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Wipe it off with a towel moistened with vinegar and forget about it.

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